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authorroot <root>2008-08-07 19:24:56 +0000
committerroot <root>2008-08-07 19:24:56 +0000
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@@ -1572,6 +1572,13 @@ default loop never gets destroyed. You are encouraged, however, to use an
event-based approach to child reaping and thus use libev's support for
that, so other libev users can use C<ev_child> watchers freely.
+=head3 Stopping the Child Watcher
+
+Currently, the child watcher never gets stopped, even when the
+child terminates, so normally one needs to stop the watcher in the
+callback. Future versions of libev might stop the watcher automatically
+when a child exit is detected.
+
=head3 Watcher-Specific Functions and Data Members
=over 4